Killers, The | Den, Der Hævner |
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The Killers is based on an Ernest Hemingway short story in which Burt Lancaster, making his film debut, plays Swede, a broken-down ex-fighter waiting in a sleazy room to be assassinated. He does not resist when two men empty their guns into him. It becomes the job of insurance investigator Edmond O'Brien to discover why Swede had given up. He pieces together an elaborate look at a man who became the fall guy for gangsters and a seductive, unscrupulous woman (Ava Gardner). A taut Miklos Rozsa score (with a theme later used in Dragnet), an Anthony Veiller screenplay (with, uncredited, John Huston), and the brilliant artistry of director Robert Siodmak make this a stunning tale of cross and double-cross. |
Ekstra features:
- Newly restored High Definition (1080p) presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by Universal
- Original uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 audio
- Isolated Music & Effects soundtrack to highlight Miklós Rózsa s famous score
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- Frank Krutnik on The Killers, a video piece by the author of In a Lonely Street, which introduces the film and offers a detailed commentary on four key scenes
- Heroic Fatalism, a video essay adapted from Philip Booth s comparative study of multiple versions of The Killers (Hemingway, Siodmak, Tarkovsky, Siegel)
- Three archive radio pieces inspired by The Killers: the 1949 Screen Director s Playhouse adaptation with Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters; a 1946 Jack Benny spoof; the 1958 Suspense episode Two for the Road which reunited original killers William Conrad and Charles McGraw
- Stills and posters gallery
- Trailers for The Killers, Brute Force, The Naked City and Rififi
- Reversible sleeve featuring one of the original posters and newly commissioned artwork by Jay Shaw
- Collector s booklet containing new writing by Sergio Angelini and archive interviews with director Robert Siodmak, producer Mark Hellinger and cinematographer Woody Bredell, illustrated with original production stills
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| Instruktør:
Robert Siodmak
Skuespillere:
Albert Dekker
Audley Anderson
Ava Gardner
Brooks Benedict
Burt Lancaster
Charles D. Brown
Charles McGraw
Donald MacBride
Edmond O'Brien
Ernie Adams
George Anderson
Gino Corrado
Harry Brown
Jack Cheatham
Jack Lambert
James Conaty
Jeff Corey
John Berkes
Neal Dodd
Noel Cravat
Phil Brown
Queenie Smith
Rex Dale
Sam Ash
Sam Levene
Vince Barnett
Virginia Christine
William Conrad
Producent:
Mark Hellinger
Forfatter:
Anthony Veiller
Ernest Hemingway
John Huston
Richard Brooks
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